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i am a diabetic and i know what i can and cannot eat. everyone needs to take the initiative to take care of their life. host: mr. bloomberg acting with the new york city department of health. attorneys for the city argued in their brief that 57.5 percent of adults and 40 percent of children living in the city are overweight or obese, while more than half-million residents suffer from diabetes. a free in new jersey, good morning -- a caller: thank you for taking my call. i am 14-years old. host: yet listen to me through your phone. turn your television down. caller: my comment is i usually go to different fast food restaurants and i see a bunch of people getting super sized drinks. i thought that was pretty -- it is their choice. they do not drink it all in one sitting. they might take it to a football game and to drink out of it as they sit. it is their choice, not the major's he can spend an hour drinking it or he can spend five minutes. host: we get your point. we will go to wayne in albuquerque, new mexico. caller: good morning. perso
i am a diabetic and i know what i can and cannot eat. everyone needs to take the initiative to take care of their life. host: mr. bloomberg acting with the new york city department of health. attorneys for the city argued in their brief that 57.5 percent of adults and 40 percent of children living in the city are overweight or obese, while more than half-million residents suffer from diabetes. a free in new jersey, good morning -- a caller: thank you for taking my call. i am 14-years old. host:...
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a person has be very careful to have their diabetes under control. there are biological components that can set that off. host: scott from illinois. caller: good morning. this is my first time ever calling. good morning, representative murphy. i have been bipolar since 2001. i have had my ups and downs over the years. i was able to get off alcohol and drugs. i just had 11 years sober in january. they are telling us -- i go to group therapy and individual therapy. they are combining them and medicaid said they will dictate only some many sessions per year that will be covered. i had to cut down on my therapy sessions. it is upsetting me. mental health is still being put under the rug a little bit. the therapy has been a big help. guest: good job on the 11 years of sobriety. the treatments have been effective. that is the kind of thing i want america to know. that's why we are doing the forum today. this will not be a traditional forum. this will be a conversation. we are effective in some areas but ineffective in others. they begin to look at, "let's
a person has be very careful to have their diabetes under control. there are biological components that can set that off. host: scott from illinois. caller: good morning. this is my first time ever calling. good morning, representative murphy. i have been bipolar since 2001. i have had my ups and downs over the years. i was able to get off alcohol and drugs. i just had 11 years sober in january. they are telling us -- i go to group therapy and individual therapy. they are combining them and...
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Jan 7, 2013
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so if i am that acme insurance company and find myself with a really high burden of folks with diabetes or heart problems that are going to raise my cost, i can theoretically tap some of the pool of money, i believe it is $12 million in the first year. that will be used -- i might recording and under -- and my record an underwriting loss of that happened or tap the $63 pool and will ease my finances. as libby points out, that it's phased out and only a temporary measure as we start to see where the new types of patients will end up. host: you really think it will get phased out? guest: i do. it is a legitimate question about a lot of these revenues in taxes, but one of the wild cards about the affordable care act is these new population, 30 million americans, these are folks who do not have insurance now, and by definition they are sort of a black box for the insurance company. insurance companies are very good at underwriting risks for people they already have as members, people who are not members it will be a big question mark. the insurance companies are a little worried about that.
so if i am that acme insurance company and find myself with a really high burden of folks with diabetes or heart problems that are going to raise my cost, i can theoretically tap some of the pool of money, i believe it is $12 million in the first year. that will be used -- i might recording and under -- and my record an underwriting loss of that happened or tap the $63 pool and will ease my finances. as libby points out, that it's phased out and only a temporary measure as we start to see where...
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heart disease or cancer or diabetes, what impact -- if 60% of all heart disease don't get treatment, the rates of fatal heart attacks will be higher. ditto with cancer, we made such great progress in cancer research and treating cancer. but if these treatments weren't available, people would get sicker and the impact not only on those individuals but on society will be profound in terms of costs. but that's the mental health system we have in this country. host: you want to talk about the state of the mental health system with ron honberg. our phone lines are open. for those that don't know what the alliance is. talk about your group. guest: we are an organization, grassroots organization. we exist throughout the united states. we have 1100 affiliates. pretty much in every state and virtually every community or every large community throughout the united states. we were created as a grassroots advocacy and support organization initially by families of people with serious mental illnesses who realize not only there was no support available, there was tremendous stigma and misunderstan
heart disease or cancer or diabetes, what impact -- if 60% of all heart disease don't get treatment, the rates of fatal heart attacks will be higher. ditto with cancer, we made such great progress in cancer research and treating cancer. but if these treatments weren't available, people would get sicker and the impact not only on those individuals but on society will be profound in terms of costs. but that's the mental health system we have in this country. host: you want to talk about the state...